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Unseen Passage: Kausani

Kausani is situated at a height of 6,075 feet in the central Himalayas. It is an unusually

attractive little town. It covers just about 5.2 sq. km. It lies to the north of Almora in

Uttarakhand’s picturesque Kumaon region.

Kausani provides the 300 km. wide breathtaking view of the Himalayas. It is the most

striking aspect of this place. Snow-capped peaks are spread in a stately row. They stare at you

in silvery-white majesty. The most famous peak on view is Nanda Devi, the second highest

mountain in India. It is situated at a height of 25,645 feet and is 36 miles away as the crow

flies. The other famous peaks on view are Choukhamba (23,420 feet) and Trishul (23,360

feet). Then there are also Nilkanth, Nandaghunti, Nandaghat and Nandakot. On a clear day,

the blue of the sky makes a splendid background to these peaks. At sunrise and at sunset,

when the colour of the sky changes to a golden orange, the scene gets etched in your

memory.

When Gandhiji visited this place in 1929, its scenic beauty held him spellbound. He named it

the ‘Switzerland of India’. He prolonged his two day stay to fourteen days, making time to

write a book, ‘Anashakti Yoga’. The place where he was staying was originally a guest house

of a tea estate. It was renamed ‘Anashakti Ashram’ after the book.

Kausani is the birthplace of Sumitranandan Pant, India’s poet laureate. Its natural

surroundings inspired many of his poems. Its tea gardens mingle with dense pine forests and

fruit orchards. The area is also host to many fairs and religious ceremonies. If Uttarakhand is

the abode of Gods, Kausani is God’s own backyard. There is no traffic, no one is in a hurry.

If serenity could be put on a canvas, the picture would resemble Kausani.



Find words from passage which mean the same as following:

a) Mesmerized b) protracted



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Answer 1

Answer:

a) Mesmerized =spellbound,b) Protracted =prolonged

Explanation:

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